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AWSP News for November: Closing Out Principals Month, Giving Gratitude, and Our 2024 Legislative Platform

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Author: David Morrill • Date: November 7, 2023
As we close out National Principals Month, I have a few updates to share with you. First, I want to say thank you to all...

DOH COVID-19 Protocol Updates

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Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 8, 2022
The state DOH published an update to the Requirements and Guidance to Mitigate COVID–19 Transmission in K–12 Schools, Child Care, Early Learning, Youth Development, and...

HELP WANTED: Principal Vacancies Coming Soon

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: February 10, 2022
Before the pandemic, addressing principal turnover across the state and country was a top priority for us at AWSP. It was an epidemic before the...

AWSP News for December 17, 2021

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Author: David Morrill • Date: December 17, 2021
In this episode of AWSP News, we discuss mental, physical and spiritual rest, our “A Matter of Principals” podcast, the I AM: WE ARE MLK...

Grace is Gone; Our School Leaders Might Be Next

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: December 10, 2021
Schools used to be a place where students and adults would use the lessons learned from mistakes or failure to move forward and improve, but...

A Letter to Principals from WSSDA Executive Director Tim Garchow

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Author: Tim Garchow • Date: October 25, 2021
Tim Garchow, Executive Director of the Washington State School Directors'  Association, thanks principals for the enormous amount of work and dedication displayed while navigating the...

TikTok Got You Ticked?

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: September 28, 2021
Believe me, we understand. The last thing you need right now is to deal with a destructive and disappointing trend among students across the country....

AWSP News for August 20, 2021

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Author: Xenia Doualle • Date: August 20, 2021
In our kickoff episode for the 2021-22 school year, we discuss the recent mandate from the Governor about required vaccinations for K12 employees, Superintendent Reykdal...

Survey for the Return to Learn COVID-19 Testing Program

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Author: Sarah Sutton • Date: May 19, 2021
The Learn to Return COVID-19 testing program is a FREE and voluntary service to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in schools. Over 100 school...

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